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Crunch Time Apple Growers, marketer of SnapDragon and RubyFrost apples, received three awards for marketing the apples.
Florida growers are struggling against imported produce from Mexico, according to Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association testimony to the International Trade Commission.
Registration is closing for four Food and Drug Administration meetings on proposals for the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule.
Tour de Fresh, presented by The California Giant Foundation, is offering sponsorships for its sixth ride in the fall of 2019, along the majestic Big Sur Highway One in California.
Cauliflower may be king over kale in 2019, but the trend toward all local and organic fresh foods will continue to reign — buoyed by vertical, urban farming.
Leo Rolandelli, aka the “Godfather of Asparagus” who ran Jacobs, Malcolm, and Burtt for nearly five decades, died Oct. 31. He was 77.
Transportation broker Allen Lund Co., with offices nationwide, is reaching out to western U.S. shippers typically carrying items that could complete holiday meals for needy families.
National health authorities are telling consumers, retailers and restaurants to avoid romaine lettuce in yet another E. coli outbreak with cases in 11 states and Canada.
Federal agencies are asking romaine lettuce shippers to stop packing and selling their product as a second E. coli outbreak traced to the lettuce is under investigation.
With a post on their website at 2:30 p.m. Eastern today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped a bombshell.
The United Fresh Produce Association has named its advisory committee for Brandstorm.
Industry associations have responded to an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine, asking growers and shippers to “make a hard, convincing and clean break” until the outbreak is declared over.
Fred Heptinstall plans to retire from Polymer Logistics at the end of the year.
Global seed company Hazera has introduced Stacy, a new bite-sized mini plum tomato variety.
The massive Woolsey Fire that has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee, caused the temporary shutdown of Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Chiquita Brands International is making progress on its goal for zero fruit waste by 2020.
Edinburg, Texas-based Frontera Produce Ltd., is offering calabaza/gray squash for the first time, said Trevor Stuart, account manager.
A sure sign of any significant disruption of the avocado market, as our news editor Chris Koger has said more than once, is a story (or a 1,000 stories) about how Chipotle is coping with the shortage.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture adjusted its estimate for the Florida orange crop to 77 million boxes, down 3% from October.
What’s in store for holiday produce shoppers this season? Traditional favorites like sweet potatoes and green beans of course, but fresh, ripe strawberries have become a year-round staple, too.
AgroAmerica, a Central and South American grower and exporter of bananas and pineapples, has donated $50,000 to conservation efforts of a tropical forest known as the Maya Biosphere Reserve.
Fresh pears grown in Oregon and Washington will be subject to a small increase in marketing order assessments for the 2018-19 season.
Onion growers in South Texas have voted in favor of downsizing the number of members on the South Texas Onion Committee, the marketing order that oversees the industry.
Philadelphia specialty wholesaler John Vena Inc. has hired Joe Killian to focus on the company’s business development in the retail sector.
U.S. exports of potatoes in the most recent quarter saw declines across the board, with the largest drop in fresh exports, in what Potatoes USA says reflects trade disputes with Mexico and China.
Dole Food Co. is releasing more Disney-themed recipes in celebration of Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday on Nov. 18.
At the Center for Produce Safety’s annual Research Symposium in Charlotte N.C., the topics ranged from Listeria and Salmonella validation tools, sanitation methods, water testing and more.
As Zespri kiwifruit celebrates a successful consumer campaign, the company is expanding availability of its SunGold variety.
CHEP has appointed Jake Gilene to senior vice president of sales and customer service of CHEP USA.